The New African Diaspora in the United States

Fast-growing in population, especially since the closing decades of the 20th century, recent African immigrants in the United States now constitute a significant force such that the idea of a "new African Diaspora" is a reality of contemporary America. The thriving of this community in America, in practically every area of human endeavor, has opened new arenas of scholarly discourse on Black Atlantic history beyond the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its legacies. This book investigates some of the complex dynamic forces that have shaped, and continue to shape this new diaspora. In eleven original essays, the volume examines pertinent themes such as immigration, integration dilemmas, identity construction, brain drain, remittances, expanding African religious space; and how these dynamics impact and intersect with the African homeland. The authors of the chapters, drawn from both sides of the Atlantic and representing diverse academic disciplines, offer a multidisciplinary perspective to the emerging themes in contemporary African Diasporan experiences.

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Adebayo Oyebade is Professor of History at Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee.